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Yōko Tsukasa
Born 1934-08-20Sakaiminato, Japan
Yōko Aizawa (相澤 葉子, Aizawa Yōko, born August 20, 1934) is a Japanese actress. She won the award for best actress at the 17th Blue Ribbon Awards for Kinokawa. She is a professor at Tokyo University of Social Welfare and serves as the 2nd head of Nihon Taishōmura theme park. Born as Yōko Shōji (庄司 葉子) in Tottori Prefecture, to a family of cotton merchants who had settled in Yumihama. Her family is a branch of the Shōji family, the landed magnate of Watari. She married politician and attorney Hideyuki Aizawa. Their son Hiromitsu married singer and actress Shoko Aida. She's been awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon (2003) and the Order of the Rising Sun, 4th Class, Gold Rays with Rosette (2010).
Screen work
Movies & roles
Mifune: The Last SamuraiSelf - ActressHaru UraraNarrator (voice)FukumimiRoleTokugawa Ieyasu: The Conqueror of JapanRoleHaze of LoveRoleI Lived, But...SelfBlue Jeans MemoryRoleDrive for the FutureAsakoAfterglowRoleQueen BeeTsutayoIsland of HellKatsunoProphecies of NostradamusNobuo NishiyamaSecret Prophecies of NostradamusHerselfNagare no Fu Part I: Disturbance, Part II: DawnRoleI Hear the WhistleHatsue SugimotoThe Earth is Born AgainMinako SoejimaJapan's No. 1 Yakuza ManRoleFive Gents and a KuniangTanba ToyokoFive Gents Fly to TaiwanToyoko TambaShinsengumi: Assassins of HonorTsuneBattle of the Japan SeaRole5 Gents Fly to Kyushu Part IISaijō Eiko (Takashi's wife)GoyokinShino5 Gents Fly to KyushuEiko Saijō (Takashi’s Wife)